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as in consensuses
the state of being of one opinion about something
we were in agreement about one thing at least: that we'd never worked so hard in all our lives
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as in pacts
an arrangement about action to be taken
we finally reached an agreement regarding a fair division of the housework
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Recent Examples of agreements
Laws banning cooperative agreements with ICE were signed earlier this month in New Mexico and took effect last month in Maine.
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David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
The bill does not bar unions and the CSU from including contingency clauses in future labor agreements, which is how the university system was able to withhold Teamsters Local 2010’s raises last year.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Maryland currently allows two different types of 287(g) agreements.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
Clinton left office in January 2001 and, as far as Meissner recalls, no 287(g) agreements were ever signed.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
The second step involves agreements that make data centers or other large new customers responsible for their share of transmission system costs over time, so existing customers aren’t left paying if a data center project doesn’t materialize.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
To reflect your assurances, the draft agreements provide that in the event the transaction would not close due to the debt financing being unavailable, additional equity will be funded to enable closing to occur.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
Their operational collaboration will stay limited to existing vessel sharing and slot charter agreements.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 17 Feb. 2026
The 251 hostages taken in the attack were returned to Israel in various ceasefire agreements, with the remains of Israeli police officer Ran Gvili, the final body in Gaza.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
The bill does not bar unions and the CSU from including contingency clauses in future labor agreements, which is how the university system was able to withhold Teamsters Local 2010’s raises last year.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Maryland currently allows two different types of 287(g) agreements.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
Clinton left office in January 2001 and, as far as Meissner recalls, no 287(g) agreements were ever signed.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
The second step involves agreements that make data centers or other large new customers responsible for their share of transmission system costs over time, so existing customers aren’t left paying if a data center project doesn’t materialize.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
To reflect your assurances, the draft agreements provide that in the event the transaction would not close due to the debt financing being unavailable, additional equity will be funded to enable closing to occur.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
Their operational collaboration will stay limited to existing vessel sharing and slot charter agreements.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 17 Feb. 2026
The 251 hostages taken in the attack were returned to Israel in various ceasefire agreements, with the remains of Israeli police officer Ran Gvili, the final body in Gaza.
—Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agreements
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With cultural consensuses in disrepair and taste informed by an ever evolving spate of social media and streaming platforms, mainstream music trends were almost reliably fractious.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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About 800 entities have task force pacts, granting the most expansive authority.—
David A. Lieb,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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During the same period, New Delhi finalized pacts with Britain, New Zealand and Oman.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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The singers’ buchi drone formed the core of the music’s harmonic language, which relied mostly on unisons, major seconds, and minor thirds.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
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The key was changing the way delegates to the party’s presidential nominating conventions had been selected in previous election years.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Mob Squad works with clients and leads event production on public and private events such as conventions coming to San Diego, weddings, East Village Tavern and Bowl and the San Diego International Film Festival.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Those contracts allow a lot of secrecy and for DHS to move quickly without following the usual processes and safeguards, said Charles Tiefer, a professor emeritus of law at the University of Baltimore Law School.—
Heather Hollingsworth,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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Others leave secure jobs in the Middle East for contracts promising thousands of dollars and the possibility of Russian citizenship after a year on the frontlines.—
Emmanuel Igunza,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2026
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Gelb said the broad crime rate decreases have made some criminologists question historic understandings of what drives trends in violent crime and how to battle it.—
Claudia Lauer,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
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And as states started to abandon Common Core, school controversies began to focus less on standards and achievement than on competing understandings of America itself.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Agreements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agreements. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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